AUSTRALIAN DAIRY farmers struggling under the weight of mounting losses are walking away from their land.
Protest meetings in Victoria and South Australia, further planned demonstrations and a direct meeting have all left Federal Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig unmoved.
AUSTRALIAN BEEF farmers are pushing the Gillard Government to restart free trade agreement talks with South Korea. Industry leaders visited Seoul this month seeking to resume talks with the South Koreans.
THE THREAT of climate change to global agriculture will be the focus of an international conference in the United States this month.
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST dairy processor says farmers must stop blaming the supermarkets for poor farmgate returns.
DANISH DAIRY cooperative Arla Foods is ditching expansion plans in Europe and increasing its focus on China, Russia and Africa/Middle East.
AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST cotton farm has been sold to a consortium which includes a Chinese textile maker.
A COALITION of UK dairy farmers has agreed on a 10-point strategy to tackle a milk price crisis facing the industry.
THE US Department of Agriculture’s latest forecast for the national corn and soybean harvests reflects what farmers have been seeing for the past two months: vanishing prospects for a good year as their crops wilt from lack of water, a Purdue University specialist says.
A CENTURIES-OLD Spanish farming system is being considered by researchers looking to revitalise marginal land in the Western Australian wheatbelt.
CANADIAN BEEF and pork producers are celebrating a victory over the US on country-of-origin labelling (COOL).
THE IRISH dairy sector has the potential to create 15,000 jobs over the next three-five years, in the process giving a much-needed boost to the Irish economy in exports and in direct and indirect employment.
AUSTRALIAN DAIRY, rice and wine exporters to Malaysia are the biggest winners in a free trade agreement (FTA) signed between the two countries last month.
THE MURRAY Darling Basin Plan designed to return water from irrigation use to waterways in four states of Australia has drawn fire from every stakeholder.
MORE FARMS were sold in the first three months of this year than any similar period since the start of the global financial crisis in September 2008.
A UNITED States dairy farmers group is subsidising the export of 824 tonnes of cheese and 487 tonnes of butter to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. The product is to be delivered by September.